**Meet the editor**

Dr. Irineo Torres-Pacheco is an Agronomist Engineer from Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. He has a Master's Degree in Plant Biology and PhD in Plant Biotechnology from Department of Genetic Engineering, CINVESTAV, Mexico. He was a researcher for 28 years at the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias of Mexico, where he

was also the National Coordinator for Vegetable and Biotechnology Research and Director of the Research Center of the Mexico Central Region. Member of the Advisory Council of the Interministerial Commission on Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms in Mexico and member of the Health and Nutrition Expert Advisory Committee Pulse Canada. He has published in international indexed journals, over 50 articles. Currently, he is a member of the Biotechnology Committee of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and a researcher professor at School of Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and invited advisor profesor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Aflatoxin Contamination 1** 

Chapter 1 **Occurrence of Aflatoxin M1 in Dairy Products 3** 

Cristina Giovannoli and Gianfranco Giraudi

Chapter 2 **Aflatoxin Contamination and Research in China 21** 

**Contamination of Dairy Cattle Feed 37** 

Simone Aquino and Benedito Corrêa

Chapter 6 **Aflatoxins: Their Measure and Analysis 93** 

**and Quantification of Aflatoxins 109** 

Alejandro Espinosa-Calderón, Luis Miguel Contreras-Medina, Rafael Francisco Muñoz-Huerta, Jesús Roberto Millán-Almaraz, Ramón Gerardo Guevara González and Irineo Torres-Pacheco

Chapter 4 **Aflatoxins in Pet Foods: A Risk to Special Consumers 53** 

**Distribution Among Grains and Nuts 75** 

Alonso V.A., González Pereyra M.L., Armando M.R., Dogi C.A., Dalcero A.M., Rosa C.A.R., Chiacchiera S.M. and Cavaglieri L.R.

Hui Xiong, Wenjie Xu and Xianjun Meng

Laura Anfossi, Claudio Baggiani,

Huili Zhang, Jianwei He, Bing Li,

Chapter 3 **Silage Contribution to Aflatoxin B1** 

Eduardo Micotti da Gloria

**Part 2 Measurement and Analysis 91** 

Anna Chiara Manetta

Chapter 7 **Methods for Detection** 

Chapter 5 **Aflatoxin Contamination** 
